Device for raising the boxes of railway-cars.



No. 867,549. PATENTED OCT. 1, 1907. W. F. BENTLEY & E. MILLER.

DEVICE FOR RAISING THE BOXES 0F RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED PBB.6,1907.

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No. 867,549. PATENT'ED OCT. 1, 1907.

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DBVIGE FOR RAISING THE BOXES 0F RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED rnn.s,19o7. I

2 SHEETS-SHEET UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. BENTLEY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AND EUGENE B. MILLER, OF KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO SAID BENTLEY.

DEVICE FOR RAISING THE BOXES OF RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM F. BENTLEY and EUGENE B. MILLER, both citizens of the United States, residing at Baltimore, Maryland, and Keyser, in the county of Mineral and State of West Virginia, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Raising the Boxes of Railway- Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for raising the boxes of railway cars for the purpose of renewing the brasses.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of lever mechanism by means of which the lifting operation may be reliably effected without the liability of becoming displaced during the lifting operation.

Another object is to provide a lifting bar which shall be sustained by one end in such a way as to hold the wheel down while a lifting device may operate on the opposite end.

Another object is to provide a movable device between the lifting bar and the box whereby to obviate a frictional contact between the bar and box during the movement of the bar.

Another object is to provide a construction whereby the device may be quickly locked in position with respect to the wheel and rail to avoid accidents to the operators by the device shifting upon receiving the load.

Another object is to provide a construction of device which may be connected to and sustained by the rail so as to avoid the necessity of blocking and forming a foundation and the delays incident thereto, and still other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to. i

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1, illustrates a portion of an axle, wheel and box of a railway car with my improved device in position to raise the box. Fig. 2, shows an end elevation of the same,-the jack and a portion of the lever being removed to clearly show the track, wheel and box engaging devices. Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional detail view of the wheel engaging device shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 shows a plan view of the mechanism for holding the device in proximity to the rail to prevent its shifting when receiving the load. Fig. 5 illustrates the jack and lever,the latter being held in position beneath the box by a modified form of device, and Fig.

6, illustrates a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 5.

In the drawing, 1, designates the rail or track, 2, a wheel resting thereon, 3, the axle and, 4, the box at the outer end of the axle which rests on top of the axle in any well-known manner so that the brasses in the upper side of the box may take over the axle. The present invention is designed to enable the boxes to be easily elevated with respect to the axle in order that worn or broken brasses may be removed and new ones substituted but in elevating the boxes to also hold the wheels down on the rails and thus prevent their displacement.

The means or devices for engaging the wheel may vary but in the form of device illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive we employ a block, 5, having a flat base, 6,

against the side or web thereof and beneaththe head.

This block is provided with a recess, 7, at one side which receives the rim edge, 8, of the wheel so its upper portion, 9, may overhang or project over said rim so as to be engaged with the latter as will presently appear. The upper portion, 9, of the block has a bore or hole, 10, which extends in a slightly inclined direction and opens at the upper overhanging side of the recess and a pin, 11, fits in said bore and projects downwardly into the said recess, 7, so that its lower end may rest on the shoulder, 12, adjacent the rim of the wheel, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3.

The pin, 11, may have any desired cross-sectional shape and the bore, 10, will be correspondingly shaped, but in the present instance the bore and pin are circular and the pin is provided with a slot, 13, which extends in a longitudinal direction while a guide pin, 14, extends crosswise of the head and through the slot of said pin, 11, to prevent displacement of the latter. A cross-slot, 15, is provided in the head at the upper end of the pin, 11, and the upper surface, 16, of this slot is beveled so that a key, 17, may be entered into the slot between the beveled surface, 16, and the upper end of the pin, 11, as clearly seen in Fig. 3. The object of the bore pin and slot construction is to provide for longitudinal adjustment of the pin in order that when the block is fitted up against the rail and over the rim of the wheel the pin may be forced down on the shoulder, 12, by the entering of the wedge or key, 17 at the upper end of the pin and thus hold the wheel down on the rail during the lifting operation.

The upper end of the block, 5, has a central vertical cross-slot, 18, and at one side a pin, 19, extends through the block and across the said slot forms a fulcrum for a lifting lever, 20, which will now be described. This lever is provided at one end with a notch, 21, in its bottom edge which may be seated on the pin, 19, as shown in Fig. 1, and it is also provided with a perforation, 22, through which the pin may be inserted to form a pivot connection between the block and lever if it is desired to do so instead of using the bottom notch. Adjacent the block the lever is also provided in the present instance with side brackets, 22, having perforations, 23, in which aroller, 24, is looselyjournaled. This roller may however be otherwise mounted with respect to the lever, the main object being to sustain a roller at such position on the lever that it will contact with the bottom, 25, of the box, 4. The lever may vary somewhat in length but when it is first placed in position beneath the box its operating end, 26, will preferably lie close to the ground or in a plane considerably below the bottom of the box, as seen in Fig. 1.

Any suitable power may be applied to the operating end of the lever to lift it but in the present instance we show a suitable jack, 27, having a vertically movable foot, 28, which may be elevated beneath the end of the lever by the operation of a bar, 29.

During the lifting operation the roller, 24, will easily roll along the bottom surface of the box whereas a stationary object would have to slide and the result is that the lifting operation is much more readily accomplished by the employment of the roller.

It is important that during the lifting operation the block, 5, be locked in some suitable, reliable and convenient manner to prevent it from working away from the rail and wheel and thus dropping the load and in order to prevent this we have provided means for looking or tying the block to the rail. This mechanism is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 of the drawings and by reference thereto it will be seen that at the lower end the block is provided with a laterally-projecting arm, 30, having a horizontally-extending slot, 31. A bar, 32, projects through said slot and each end of said bar is provided with a clip, 33, to which links, 34, are connected. Rail engaging hooks, 35, are carried by the links and these hooks are spaced far enough apart to project beneath the wheel at opposite sides of the block as seen in Fig. 2. In order to quickly and securely stretch the links and hooks in a direction at right angles to the rail and thereby draw the block, 5, up against said rail we insert a wedge or key, 36, in the slot, 31, between the block and bar, 32, and by driving said wedge in place effect the result desired.

In Figs. 5 and 6 we have illustrated a slight modification of the invention, the modification consisting en tirely in the manner of sustaining or providing a fulcrum for the inner end of the lifting lever, 20. In this latter construction we dispense with the block, 5, and provide a central rim engaging hook, 37, from which a link, 38, hangs and we sustain an equalizing bar, 39, from said link. Chains, 40, hang pendently from each end of the equalizing bar, 39, and a fulcrum bar, 41, is sustained edgewise at the lower ends of said chains so as to project beneath the box, 4. When the equalizing bar is in position the notch, 21, in the operating lever, 20, is fitted over the upper edge of said bar and the lifting operation is carried on as previously described.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

l. The combination with a lifting bar, of means for pivotally sustaining one end of the bar adjacent the box, means for engaging the wheel to hold the latter down, and means at the other end of the lifting bar for raising said latter end.

2. The combination with a lifting bar, of means for sus taining one end of the bar beneath the box; means for coacting between the sustaining means and the wheel to hold the latter down, and means at the other end of the lifting bar for raising said latter end.

3. The combination with a lifting bar, of means for sustaining one end of said bar adjacent the box means coacting between the sustaining means and the wheel to hold the latter down; a movable device carried by the bar and interposed between the bar and box, and means at the other end of the bar for raising said latter end.

4. The combination with a lifting bar, of means for pivotally sustaining one end of said bar beneath the journal box; a movable device carried on the bar adjacent its pivoted end and interposed between the bar and box; means coacting between the bar sustaining means and the wheel for holding the latter down, and mechanical means at the outer end of the lifting bar for raising said end.

5. The combination with a lifting bar, of means for pivotally sustaining one end of the bar beneath the box; means at the other end of the bar for raising said latter end, and a roller carried by the bar and to be interposed between the latter and the bottom of the box during the lifting operation.

6. The combination with a lifting bar, of means for engaging the wheel and pivotally sustaining one end of the bar beneath the box; brackets carried by the bar adjacent its pivoted end; a roller mounted between said brackets so as to contact with the box, and a lifting jack at the outer end of said bar.

7. The combination with a lifting bar, of a support for pivotally sustaining one end of the bar; means carried by the support for engaging the wheel to hold the latter down, and means at the other end of the bar for raising said end.

8. The combination with a lifting bar, of a block heneath the box for supporting one end of said bar an adjustable device carried by the block for engaging the wheel, and mechanical means for raising the outer end of said lifting bar.

9. The combination with a lifting bar of a block for piv otally supporting one end of the bar, and means for securing the block to the rail.

10. The combination with a lifting bar, of a block for pivotally supporting one end of the bar; means for secur ing the block to the rail, and means carried by the block for engaging the wheel.

11. The combination with the lifting bar, of a block for pivotally supporting one end of the bar; means for securing the block to the rail; means carried by the block for engaging the wheel, and a movable device interposed between the box and bar.

12. The combination with a block, of a lifting bar having one end pivotally connected to said block; means for holding the block against the rail; means carried by the block for engaging the wheel; a roller mounted on the lifting bar for contacting with the box, and a lifting jack at the other end of the bar.

13. The combination with a block, of a lifting har having one end pivotally connected to said block; an adjustable pin carried by the block for engaging the wheel to hold the latter down, and a mechanical lifting device at the outer end of said lifting bar.

14. The combination with a block of means for securing the block with respect to the rail; a pin carried by the block for engaging the wheel a lifting bar having one end pivotally sustained by said block and a jack at the other end of the bar.

15. The combination with a block having a laterallyprojecting arm; means carried by said arm for engaging the rail; means carried by the block for engaging the wheel and a lifting bar having one end pivotaily sustained by said block.

16. The combination with a block having a laterallyprojecting arm a bar sustained by said arm connections carried by the bar for engaging the rail means carried by the block for engaging the wheel and a lifting bar having one end pivotally sustained by said block.

17. The combination with a block having a laterallyprojeeting slotted arm; a bar passing through said slotted arm; hooks connected to the opposite ends of said bar; means for moving the bar with respect to the arm to draw the block against the rail, and a lifting bar having one end pivotally sustained by said block.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses CHARLES B. MANN, J12, G. FERDINAND VOGT. 

